Why Yankees really wanted to give Aaron Judge a day off Aaron Judge was given the day off in the Yankees’ 6-5 win over the Indians on Saturday at the Stadium, as Aaron Boone was determined to rest the slumping right fielder — even after a solid day at the plate in Friday’s win. “It’s…
DetailsYankees’ James Paxton keeps getting wrecked in the first Yankees manager Aaron Boone often says James Paxton’s horrible numbers in first innings are due in part to bad luck. That wasn’t the case in Saturday’s 6-5 win over Cleveland, as Paxton gave up two more runs. In 22 starts this year, the left-hander has allowed…
DetailsNew look, same power for Yankees’ Gleyber Torres Gleyber Torres sported a different look, but his swing looked no different. Wearing a unique style of sunglasses for just the second time, Torres put on his latest power display at Yankee Stadium and hit a pair of solo home runs in Saturday’s 6-5 win over the…
DetailsPete Alonso’s mental toughness helped Mets win this one KANSAS CITY, Mo. — There was a Polar Bear Grand Slam Plan. This is the underappreciated aspect of the amazin’ Mets rookie. Pete Alonso has a plan for everything and works hard to achieve success. His bases-loaded, majestic fly ball deep into the stands hugged the…
DetailsPhillies Place Roman Quinn On Injured List The Phillies placed outfielder Roman Quinn on the 10-day injured list today, following his removal from Friday’s game with the Padres. It’s a right groin muscle strain for the 26-year-old Philadelphia product, as detailed by a report from Scott Lauber of the Philadelphia Enquirer (link). After managing a 97…
DetailsSAINTS SWEEP SALTDOGS BEHIND SIX-HIT SHUTOUT St. Paul 3, Lincoln 0 – Box Score St. Paul starting pitcher Eddie Medina and reliever Mike Devine combined on a six-hit shutout as the Saints downed Lincoln, 3-0. With the victory, St. Paul completed the sweep of the Saltdogs and has now won five consecutive games. Medina went…
DetailsRays Expected To Call Up Trevor Richards The Rays are expected to call up pitcher Trevor Richards to start Sunday’s game against the Tigers, according to a tweet from Juan Toribio of MLB.com (link). Peter Fairbanks was optioned to Triple-A Durham in an accommodating move. This will be Richards’ first appearance in a Rays uni…
DetailsTime for fantasy baseball owners to play the hot hand September is almost upon us, and with that, most fantasy baseball owners will flip their attention to the minor league call-ups we have been expecting to see for some time now. The A’s are likely to bring up Jesus Luzardo, the White Sox have a…
DetailsMets needed this one, and Jacob deGrom delivered KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In his bid to repeat as the National League Cy Young-award winner, Jacob deGrom may have a difficult time catching a certain Dodgers left-hander, but the Mets ace has certainly resembled the 2018 version of himself since the All-Star break. The award could…
DetailsRobert Gsellman To Injured List With Triceps Injury After being generally harangued for their win-next-year approach at July’s trade deadline, the Mets have ripped off an 11-5 record this August. At 63-60, New York sits just 2.0 games back in the NL Wild Card race. But if the Mets are going to summon a truly…
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